The greatest movie ever!

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I've watched this movie for years. It's great. The director Walter Hill knows how to make a great action movie. The cast was a great pick. To bad they can't still make these movies. Real action and no CGI

This modern-day western starts off as a heist thriller and carries on as such until the action moves to Mexico two-thirds of the way through. After that, it becomes like a modern variant of THE WILD BUCH, with an impressive shoot-out at the end with lots of bloody squibs and a high body count - definitely a thumbs up in my book. Up until this moment, we have good actors doing their bit, a cast to die for in terms of '80s action cinema. All of this comes together into a nice package - a violent, heavily-plotted thriller with an above average cast.Nick Nolte is the tough (what else?) sheriff, spending most of his time in shoot-outs with various drug runners - in Texas, apparently, the locals don't give a damn about shooting policemen. Powers Boothe is the drug lord with little screen time, in a fairly clichéd role; acting honours go to Michael Ironside for providing us with yet another textbook example of how to be a villain. For added might, Clancy Brown has a minor role as one of Ironside's men, and the cast is generally full of hard-asses like William Forsythe and Rip Torn. EXTREME PREJUDICE provides solid entertainment when and where it counts, with macho dialogue, toughness, and violent action throughout.

This film came out during the late 80's action movie boom and was sadly lost in a sea of more populate and higher budgeted adventure flicks the year it came out. Terrific performances from Nick Nolte, the underrated Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, and Rip Torn. Also, memorable turn-ins from Clancy Brown (best known as the Kurgen from 'Highlander'), William Forsythe and Maria C. Alonso.The film focuses on a hard as nails Texas Ranger played by Nick Nolte who is trying to keep his town from becoming overrun by a drug cartel led by his childhood friend. Things become more complicated when a team of elite black ops commandos show up to eliminate the same cartel leader. While this movie passes as a fast paced action film, it plays more like a modern day Western and is all in all a great film. There are some obligatory scenes of tough-guy stuff and nifty, well directed shoot-outs but the various plot elements never let things drag. The action moves so well you can set your watch by it. Hill knows how to set up his shots, and his editor must have had a great time pasting it all together because it moves as smooth as silk.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.

this was when nick nolte, power boothe, michael ironside were at their prime, just over forty, all full grown men and their acting performances were also matured like wine. this movie was adapted from a very powerful co-authored paperback novel, then so nicely adapted into a screenplay, then again, got a very good director and top notched production team, the final production, of course, logically turned out to be a power house movie. the tension, the plot twists, the betrayals, the bullshitting patriotism and the self-righteous personal selfish gain, the blind follow-order discipline, the born hostile, the drug cartel, the kingpin, the tough like nail Texas ranger....wow, this was a very dangerous movie full of dynamites and bullets. i didn't think boothe did a better Job after this movie, he, like ironside, turned into a b-movie actor. only nolte continued to survive and prosperous in the big screen movies. this movie also reminded me of the later 'no country for old man' and some of the other similar ones focus movies, such of 'lone wolf mcQuade' franchised by chuck norris in the early 80s.now the border between Mexico and those four u.s. states is changing, the situation also rapidly changed and deteriorating. there are 15' feet high great wall-like steel walls separated these two country, there are several u.s./Mexico border-crossing customs. illegal aliens and drug smugglers/dealers playing cat and mouse games on a 24/7/365 basis. u.s. border patrols got new electronic devices and even predators cruising in the sky. the whole scene and the game plan now have changed into a totally different scenario. this movie also urged me to re-watch the 5 episodes 'border war' produced by the national geography. but i'd say that i like the movies better than the documentary films.